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    Laptop does not power up after put in new harddrive.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Omtrent, Mar 18, 2012.

  1. Omtrent

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    Hi all,

    I just put in a SAMSUNG HM160HC harddrive in my Panasonic CF-W5, and the laptop wont power up ... The battery charging light is on, but goes off when I push the power button. There is no other response whatsoever. When putting back in the old harddrive there is no problem powering up.

    Is the harddrive broken, or do I need to change boot options or anything else in BIOS before changing the harddrive?

    Thanks for any help!
     
    Omtrent, Mar 18, 2012
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It sounds like the hard drive is dead. Can you try putting the drive into another computer to see if the problem hits the 2nd computer too?
     
    Greg, Mar 18, 2012
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Yes that is a bad drive, probably a short somewhere. Try Greg's suggestion and see if another computer has the same issue. My HM160HC has been doing great in my D600.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Mar 18, 2012
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  4. Omtrent

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    Thanks for answers, I will try to check as you say!

    Thanks!
     
    Omtrent, Mar 22, 2012
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    This a quite strange, but I used to own a Toshiba Tecra S1 with this same problem. What I did was replace the RAM, and the hard drive worked... I didnt understand why, but it did. Then It died a few months later, then I reballed the Intel ChipSet and it works today with no issues :)
     
    clt_42, Mar 22, 2012
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